Rocky Mountain Voice

Soper: A year late and a billion dollars short

Beyond the usual political theatrics making headlines, Colorado’s budget crisis has dominated discussions since last fall. Unlike the federal government, the state cannot increase borrowing or mint additional currency. This leaves budget cuts and reduced spending as the only viable options to prevent Colorado from running an overdrawn budget of almost one billion dollars in the 2025-2026 fiscal year.

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‘Everyone feels anxiety’ over CPW depredation payments, but commissioners note it’s the law

“Everyone feels anxiety and fear about all this,” Colorado Parks and Wildlife Director Jeff Davis told commissioners as they approved a large payment to two Colorado ranchers in Grand County that lost livestock as a direct result of the wolf reintroduction program.

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O’Reilly: Special districts bank on your ignorance, residents need to push for transparency 

Meet Colorado’s special districts. Your wallet knows them better than you. Your tax dollars feed special districts most can’t even name. They siphon cash quietly until they are exposed. 

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Garbo: In public education’s betrayal of America, Department of Education abolishment is long overdue

Public education was the single most destructive force of my life. It was not just a failed system; it was a weapon – an insidious mechanism that fostered and cultivated powerful lies about my self-image and self-worth that took decades to unlearn.

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